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Episode 144:

A First For Nintendo.

Runtime: 65 Minutes

On today's episode, we'll learn about the history of Nintendo from its beginning until its first console, the Color TV-Game 6. As part of its story, we'll learn how Nintendo went from selling playing cards to video games. We'll continue by looking at its first series of consoles, the Color TV-Game series. And finally, we'll look at the entirety of the 1st generation of video game consoles. Let's go back to the beginning on today's trip down Memory Card Lane.

Color TV-Game

References:

Color TV-Game Cover Art:

  Wikipedia - Color TV-Game Photo

Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - Color TV-Game

Additional Sources:

  Wikipedia, "History of Nintendo"
  Wikipedia, "Hanafuda"
  Wikipedia, "Fusajiro Yamauchi"
  Wikipedia, "Sekiryo Kaneda"
  Wikipedia, "Hiroshi Yamauchi"
  Wikipedia, "Gunpei Yokoi"
  Wikipedia, "Ultra Hand"
  Wikipedia, "Liz Danforth"
  Wikipedia, "Starfaring"
  Wikipedia, "Interplay Entertainment"
  "He's 40 and Still in the Business of Video Games". Los Angeles Times. November 9, 2003.
  Wikipedia, "Brian Fargo"
  Wikipedia, "Michael Cranford"
  Wikipedia, "The Demon's Forge"
  Wikipedia, "The Bard's Tale (1985 video game)"
  Wikipedia, "Michael Cranford"
  Wikipedia, "Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes"
  Wikipedia, "Fountain of Dreams"
  Wikipedia, "Meantime (video game)"
  Wikipedia, "Meantime (video game)"
  Wikipedia, "inXile Entertainment"

Audio Sources:

Cold Open Music:

Bleeping Demo by Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

Link: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Podcast Intro Music:

Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4171-open-those-bright-eyes

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/